Improvement in insoles for boots and shoes



, @cited tatw CALVIN A. LEONARD, OF

`ROCHESTER, Y.NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 98,170, dated .December 21, 1869.

-lwoo- IMPROVEMENT IN INSOLES POR BOOTS .AND SHOES.

*Nok- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making-partof the same Ihe object an'd nature of my invention will be un` derstoodby reference to the specification and drawings, and to enable others tomake and use the same, I will describeits construction. l l

It is well known that a great objection to the ordinary insole is itsliability to hreak'and curl in the shank, chiefly because of thedecreased width at this point, and the softening of the stilening bymoisture from the foot.

Io obviate this difficulty, I provide a strip of sheetmetal, a, figs. 1and 3, upon one or both -sides of the stiiicned body A of the insole,located longitudinally with the same, directly at the shank. This stripmay be of any desirable length, to suit dierent sizes of in-I soles, andis secured to the insolehy bindingr over the ends and tucking themthrough slits cut 'transversely in the body A, after which the 'ends maybe pressed close against the maten'al upon the opposite side, as

withdrawn from the boot or shoe, and the insole is moist or soft.

1t is obvious that my inventionis applicable to any 'kind of insole,whethercomposed of one or more thicknesses of material, and the strips amay be arranged upon the same side of the stitien'ing as the felt orother material of which the. insole is composed, as shown in Iig. 3, orupon the opposite side, since the thickness ofthe strip is so slight asnot to interfere in any way with the comfort ofthe wearer, evcn whenworn next the foot.

It also possesses the advantages of cheapness and simplicity ofconstruction, and it easily conforms to the shape of the boot or shoe inwhich it is worn.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metallic stiffener a, of removable insoles, when' L its attachmentthereto is effected by means of projecting points at the ends, as shownand described. C. A. LEONARD. Witnesses F. vH. CLEMENT, IRA A. HEBBARD.

